István Szijjártó

István Szijjártó (Slovene: Števan Sijarto) (c.1765 – 10 September 1833) was a Slovene evangelic teacher and poet in Hungary.

He was born in Večeslavci (Prekmurje), near the Styrian border. His father was Iván Szijjártó a Slovene peasant. Szijjártó studied in Nemescsó and in Sopron, in the evangelic lyceum (?-1783). He taught in Križevci from 1787–1806 in Puconci. He worked later in Domanjševci, where he died.

In 1796, his hymn-book Mrtvecsne Peszmi of funeral songs was published.

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